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1. How Candidates Should Deal Responsibly with Conflicts

   ... look at the intersection of candidates and local government ethics codes, outside of the more common campaign finance issues. ... that the candidate should seek an advisory opinion from the ethics commission, so that the interpretation came not from the candidate's ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

2. Summer Reading: Corruption and American Politics II - Mark Warren's Essay

   ... with two important sentences about the purpose of government ethics:  "A government viewed as corrupt cannot be trusted. And a ... that his identity is so thoroughly formed by the ethics of his office that an abuse of my trust would be inconceivable—as ... checks and balances; and auditors, inspectors general, and ethics commissions and officers. Trust in these, which cannot be taken for ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

3. Habits of the Heart III: The Obligations of Professionals in Local Government (Summer Reading)

   ... in American Life . Professional standards used to be ethics-oriented, but they have become predominately technical. "Being good ... conflicts. Not only the sort of conflicts dealt with in ethics codes, but other conflicts that cause the same sort of appearance ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

4. Selection and Oversight of Consultants

   ... foreclosures. One of the truisms of local government ethics is that a lot more happens during the good times, because there's a lot ... extra. They can't have it both ways. Consultants, Ethics, and Oversight According to the second Times article , a city ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

5. Text Messages as Public Records (i.e., Government Property)

   ... technology. That's common, of course. But from a government ethics point of view, what is most important is how the issue is approached. ... Its then chair happens to now sit on the Jacksonville ethics commission. In the most infamous case involving local government ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

6. Treating Institutional Problems as Institutional Problems

   ... (NJ) Life , a Parsippany school board member filed an ethics complaint against himself with the state's School Ethics Commission. Is this odd course of action the best way to bring ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

7. Mayors and Post-Employment Restrictions

   ... usually less than at the state level. An Appointee's Ethics Opinion One aspect of the Indiana situation shows how damaging this ... can be at the local level. The governor asked the IG for an ethics opinion (the EC does have to approve the IG's opinion to make it count, ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

8. Privatization and Transparency

   Body:  I've written a little about ethics issues involving quasi-governmental entities and private entities doing ... of conflict of interest laws, including jurisdiction of ethics commissions over these entities. A  2010 report by Oregon's ... that are often considered to stand outside of government ethics regulation, including transparency. One sort of nonprofit assists ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

9. Telling Local Government Officials About Honest Services Fraud

   ... One argument rarely made for effective government ethics programs is that they will prevent government officials from being ... of federal prosecutors’ (or federal courts’) creating ethics codes and setting disclosure requirements for local and state officials. ...

   Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

10. Quote of the Day - Admissions in Settlements

    ... quoted in all sorts of contexts, including with respect to ethics settlements, the consent decrees of government ethics. It's important to recognize why what may be appropriate when ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2021-03-30 13:53 - 0 comments

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